A person charged of murdering an elderly woman seven years ago has been arrested and made public by Makwanpur police on Sunday.

Sagar Pakhrin, 36, of Naamtar VDC, now in Kailash Rural Municipality, in Makwanpur district has been accused of murdering Thulimaya Thing, then aged 62, at Mulakholi in Handikhola VDC, now in Manhari Rural Municipality, on February 15, 2011.

Pakhrin was carrying marijuana and was passing through Thing's house when he shot her dead for making noise about the contraband. Following the murder, police had raided Pakhrin's house and recovered guns, ammunitions, 20 kilogram of marijuana and one kilogram of pangolin scales. He was on the run since.

Pakhrin was hiding in settlement nearby Jhyaple Khola of Chandragiri Municipality when police arrested him.

Pakhrin is also accused of firing towards police while the latter was destroying marijuana plants at Namtar.

Police said they will file four different cases against Pakhrin.